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    • DanielD Offline
      Daniel
      last edited by

      Thanks, guys.

      This is in Harriman, Tennessee - their main street.
      It has been fun, especially "The Spot" as I turned that into a design challenge. I enjoy modeling historic masonry buildings such as these (masonry designer software helps a lot) - but I do tend to get carried away on the detailing (guess it's the designer in me).
      Our actual office project is limited to the theatre (not shown, yet) and the two buildings adjacent (last two shown), but want to show the project in context. There has been some talk about trying to revitalize the area (the street is full of fantastic masonry buildings that are mostly intact), but I don't know how far it will go - but who knows...

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        ScottPara
        last edited by

        Geat work and clean modeling.

        Scott

        Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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          Robert
          last edited by

          Nice work Daniel...looks like a really enjoyable project!

          Robert

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          • DanielD Offline
            Daniel
            last edited by

            The theatre:


            Historic Roane Street.jpg


            IMG_8090.JPG


            1795 marqueeA.jpg

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            • DanielD Offline
              Daniel
              last edited by

              The final presentation. Didn't have much time or information for the building on the extreme right, and not too fond of the large blank storefronts, but ran out of time.


              1795-1A.jpg


              1795-2A.jpg


              1795-3A.jpg


              1795 Poster2A1.jpg

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                pyroluna
                last edited by

                Whow cool project! Really like the theatre!

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                  cheffey
                  last edited by

                  I was thinking this was in Cleveland, TN. There is a restaurant there that's a throwback 50s Diner called "The Spot".

                  Awesome work Daniel. I very much dig the subject matter!

                  BROS RŌMAN BRÄUN

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                    leminilab
                    last edited by

                    It's perfect! I love it!

                    I don't know you spent on this one but it looks great.

                    Just the good amount of detail from my point of view.
                    Really an inspiring work! 👍

                    • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
                    • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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                    • DanielD Offline
                      Daniel
                      last edited by

                      Thank you, Martha, Cheffey, and Nicolas.

                      Cheffey, while working on the "the Spot" I did a little research, and it seems that name is very popular for small diners of every description across the U.S.

                      Nicolas, I really didn't keep time but on average I would guess 8 hours each building, some more, some less, depending on how much detail (brick arches are a bitch!, although i have done enough of them now it's no longer a daunting problem), how much (missing elements) I have to recreate, and how much historical information I have to work with. The theatre marquee took a considerable amount of time, especially trying to recreate those letters.

                      My avatar is an anachronism.

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                        Glenn at home
                        last edited by

                        Wow, great stuff Daniel. You really made those photos come back to life with your models. The details really made the difference.

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                          Bryan K
                          last edited by

                          Neat project! Nice redesign!

                          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                          • DanielD Offline
                            Daniel
                            last edited by

                            Thanks, Glenn and Bryan.

                            My avatar is an anachronism.

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